Celebrated cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan's appetite for making films with kids and animals in pivotal roles started off with his hugely acclaimed movie 'Halo' which told a story of a little girl named Sasha's search for her puppy after it gets lost in the metropolis of Mumbai.
He continued this interest with his recent film 'Tahaan' which again had a child and a donkey in key roles and was about the journey the protagonist undertakes to find his missing donkey named Birbal.
Now Mr.Sivan is planning a sequel to 'Halo' which was released in 1997.
The idea to make a follow up was born after the film maker recently met all the kids who had acted in 'Halo' and Santosh Sivan began to think about making a film on the life of the kids 12 years after they came together.
Santosh says that for 'Tahaan', it was easy to make the donkey do what he wanted as the child artiste Purav had bonded well with animal and it started responding to him and to obey to his orders.